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Chinese symbol for “unexplainable”

莫名
mò míng
inexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unexplainable is 莫名 (mò míng), defined as: inexpressible; indescribable; unexplainable; inexplicable.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

莫 mò
cannot; do not; is not; negative
radical 140 ⾋ · 11 strokes
名 míng
name; position, rank, title
radical 30 ⼝ · 6 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 莫名.

WordPinyinMeaning
莫过于 (莫過於)mò guò yúnothing can surpass
莫名其妙mò míng qí miào(idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable
莫非mò fēican it be possible that; could it be
莫大mò dàgreatest; most important
约莫 (約莫)yuē moto estimate; to guess; about; around; approximately
名字míng ziname (of a person or thing)
著名zhù míngfamous; noted
名称 (名稱)míng chēngname (of a thing); name (of an organization)

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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